A Call from Heaven
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"A Call from Heaven" is a 17th-century religious work by Puritan minister Increase Mather that exhorts readers to piety and spiritual preparation for death and the afterlife.
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| instanceOf |
Christian devotional literature
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Puritan literature → religious work → |
| associatedDenomination |
Congregationalism
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| associatedPlace |
Boston
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| associatedWithPerson |
Increase Mather
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| author |
Increase Mather
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| authorOccupation |
Puritan minister
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| authorReligion |
Puritan
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| callsFor |
preparation for eternity
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renewed faith → self-examination → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Colonial America
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Massachusetts Bay Colony → |
| focusesOn |
the brevity of life
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the certainty of death → the need for readiness to meet God → |
| form |
prose
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| genre |
devotional treatise
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sermon literature → |
| historicalContext |
New England Puritanism
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| historicalPeriod |
Colonial New England
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| influencedBy |
English Puritan divines
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Reformed theology → |
| intendedAudience |
English-speaking Protestants
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Puritan readers → |
| language |
English
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| literaryCategory |
early American religious writing
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| literaryMovement |
Puritan plain style
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| mainTheme |
afterlife
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conversion → piety → repentance → spiritual preparation for death → |
| publicationCentury |
17th century
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| purpose |
to exhort readers to piety
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to prepare readers for death and the afterlife → |
| religiousTradition |
Calvinism
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Protestantism → Puritanism → |
| theologicalEmphasis |
assurance of salvation
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judgment after death → mortality → personal holiness → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Increase Mather
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Richard Baxter ("The Saints' Everlasting Rest") → |
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